For its annual competition, BBC Radio 3 is seeking new carols of up to four minutes, set for SATB choir, with or without piano accompaniment. The BBC is challenging amateur composers to create new music for ‘The Bee Carol’, a poem by Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy.

Please note that in order to enter, you must not be a professional composer and should not have had a piece of music commercially commissioned or published within the last five years. You must also be at least 16 by the competition closing date (Friday 2 November 2018). 

After the closing date, a panel of judges headed by the composer Bob Chilcott, Principal Guest Conductor of the BBC Singers, will whittle the entries down to a shortlist of six. These will be performed live on air on Radio 3 by the BBC Singers, and listeners will be asked to vote for the overall winner in December.

See further details at the link below.